OMAGH MAN 'A SCAPEGOAT'
Omagh man 'a scapegoat'
LAWYERS for a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre yesterday launched a new bid to have the case against him halted.
Electrician Sean Hoey, 35, is due to go on trial for Northern Ireland's worst terrorist atrocity later this year.
But at Belfast Magistrates Court yesterday, his legal representatives claimed he had been framed, warning there was little chance of a successful prosecution.
Defence solicitor Peter Corrigan alleged there was less evidence connecting his client to the outrage than against a man who had charges of supplying the bomb car dropped.
He said: "In the light of that, I would ask the prosecution to review this case, see if there is a real prospect of conviction and immediately withdraw the charges.
"Mr Hoey is obviously a political scapegoat."
The accused, of Molly Road, Jonesborough, South Armagh, faces a total of 61 terrorist and explosives-related charges.
Among these are the 29 killings in the dissident Real IRA's no-warning strike on Omagh.
LAWYERS for a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre yesterday launched a new bid to have the case against him halted.
Electrician Sean Hoey, 35, is due to go on trial for Northern Ireland's worst terrorist atrocity later this year.
But at Belfast Magistrates Court yesterday, his legal representatives claimed he had been framed, warning there was little chance of a successful prosecution.
Defence solicitor Peter Corrigan alleged there was less evidence connecting his client to the outrage than against a man who had charges of supplying the bomb car dropped.
He said: "In the light of that, I would ask the prosecution to review this case, see if there is a real prospect of conviction and immediately withdraw the charges.
"Mr Hoey is obviously a political scapegoat."
The accused, of Molly Road, Jonesborough, South Armagh, faces a total of 61 terrorist and explosives-related charges.
Among these are the 29 killings in the dissident Real IRA's no-warning strike on Omagh.
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
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Published Date: 11-Aug-05
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